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An explosive opening day of searing pace saw an astonishing 19 wickets tumble.

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Firefighters halted it quickly at 72 acres, but many trees had already been seared.

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A searing pain erupts in the center of my left palm, disrupting my train of thought.

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For the last decade, Teen Vogue has been an unexpected source of some of the most searing progressive political analysis in American media.

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Yu, who trains in Hebei and juggles swimming with her school work, took up the sport when she was six as a means of escaping China's searing summer heat.

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